Conmebol announced that all the tickets for the opening match of the competition were sold. Great expectations for the Albiceleste in the United States.
The Argentine National Team will be part of the opening match of the Copa América 2024 when facing Canada for the first date of group A. Such is the expectation to see the Albiceleste in the United States that Conmebol confirmed that the 70 thousand tickets at the Mercedes Benz Stadium were sold out for the meeting.
Alejandro Domínguez showed his satisfaction about the fact with a statement, a milestone for the South American confederation in this tournament in a country that is not a member. “Selling all the tickets for the opening match shows the relevance of this football festival. We hope that fans enjoy this tournament from start to finish that we have structured thinking that the experience will be unique and of international stature.”.
The Mercedes Benz Stadium is the scene of the first match of the Copa América.
That is not the only outstanding news regarding the venue, since The decision was made to remove the synthetic grass to adopt natural grass from now on, a change that It is expected to be done in the rest of the North American stadiums not only for this particular competition but also for the World Cup in two years, as it is safer than the artificial one (where the number of injuries has grown exponentially in recent years, especially in the NFL).
Anyway, This new natural grass brought with it a concern for the Argentine Technical Corps and that is that the ball does not hit as expected.inconvenient that Lionel Scaloni hopes it will be resolved for this Thursday’s game. “Let’s see how he is. Let’s hope tomorrow is better. Here they are used to doing everything quickly. “Let’s hope he’s okay for the good of football.”.
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